Senator Panfilo Lacson called on the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday to maintain its allegiance to the Constitution and to the Filipino people amid the passage of laws that would benefit its members. ADVERTISEMENTLacson issued the statement a few days after Sen. Antonio Trillanes said that he authored the AFP Modernization Law and the Salary Standardization Law for the military. READ: I’ve done a lot for the AFP, says Trillanes / Trillanes presents list of laws for military, policeTrillanes pointed to the laws he authored after President Rodrigo Duterte said that the senator did nothing for the military and had become corrupt. He noted the Revised AFP Modernization Act, which he said stemmed not only of the efforts of Trillanes but of Sen. Ralph Recto and himself as well. ADVERTISEMENTThe approval of the resolution, Lacson said, was the result of similar efforts by Senator Gringo Honasan as principal sponsor of the measure and co-authors, including him Senators Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Cynthia Villar.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 11, 2018 02:37 UTC